Category: Old Testament
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Continual Praise – Why?
This is the last of six blog posts looking at the first 3 verses of Psalm 34, and attempting to understand the idea of “continual praise”. Series: Who? | What? | Whom? | When? | How? | Why? I will bless the Lord at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;The humble shall hear of…
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Continual Praise – How?
This is the fifth of six blog posts looking at the first 3 verses of Psalm 34, and attempting to understand the idea of “continual praise”. Series: Who? | What? | Whom? | When? | How? | Why? I will bless the Lord at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;The humble shall hear of…
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Continual Praise – When?
This is the fourth of six blog posts looking at the first 3 verses of Psalm 34, and attempting to understand the idea of “continual praise”. Series: Who? | What? | Whom? | When? | How? | Why? I will bless the Lord at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;The humble shall hear of…
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Addicted to God
Introduction: Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians x.31 The last few times we’ve been together, we’ve looked at several stories of men that God killed. Two of the four were directly related to the glory of God. Jehoram, in 2 Chronicles 21,…
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Continual Praise – Whom?
This is the third of six blog posts looking at the first 3 verses of Psalm 34, and attempting to understand the idea of “continual praise”. Series: Who? | What?| Whom?| When?| How?| Why? I will bless the Lord at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;The humble shall hear of…
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Continual Praise – What?
This is the second of six blog posts looking at the first 3 verses of Psalm 34, and attempting to understand the idea of “continual praise”. Series: Who? | What?| Whom? | When?| How?| Why? 2. What? In my first blog post on this Psalm, we looked at WHO this psalm was calling to continual praise. The answer was that God is calling…
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Continual Praise – Who?
Continual praise. How does that work? What does it even mean to “bless the Lord”? Shouldn’t we be asking for his blessing? How do we praise him “continually”? Does that mean we have to walk around singing all day? This is the first of six blog posts where I’ll be looking at the first 3…
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Evil hearts speak lies
Do not take me away with the wickedAnd with the workers of iniquity,Who speak peace to their neighbors,But evil is in their hearts. Psalm xxviii.3 This verse intrigues me. David here speaks of those who are “wicked” and “workers of iniquity”, and then describes them as being disingenuous, saying things they don’t mean, saying one…
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A gold ring in a pig’s snout
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without discretion. [Proverbs 11:22] Gold rings and physical beauty No one disputes the beauty and value of a gold ring. In the same way, the bible doesn’t teach that physical beauty is a bad thing. In fact, the bible tells us when women…
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The fear of the Lord and the salvation of the humble
But you, you are to be feared!Who can stand before youwhen once your anger is roused? [Psalm 76:7] When we look around us, we see strong men, powerful nations, and people of influence, both good and evil. This can cause us to begin to feel small, weak, and inadequate by comparison. The psalmist wants us…